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PAT McCRORY
GOVERNOR
CHARTER SCHOOL WEEK
2014
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE ST ATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, North Carolina's future depends on the education we provide to our children and charter schools across our
state serve as laboratories for education; ideas developed and tested by charter schools discover and unlock the potential of students
from every background and are piloting reform throughout many school districts; during Charter School Week in North Carolina, we
recommit ourselves to supporting innovation in teaching and learning at a high level; and
WHEREAS, education is the catalyst and driving force to a brighter future for all North Carolinians across our state; during
Charter School Week, we celebrate our commitment to charter schools, academic achievement, accountability and innovation; and
WHEREAS, our public charter schools have been improving student learning, expanding parental choice in education, and
fostering innovative instructional practices across the state since 1996; and
WHEREAS, we value excellence in education and we are proud to be home to many institutions that strengthen our State's
reputation as a leader by providing the best possible future for youth; in the past decade, the charter school movement has grown in
popularity and has had proven success as an educational system that is being adopted in many communities across our State and
Nation; and
WHEREAS, public charter school students, teachers, parents, board members, and business and community leaders continue
to work together to improve public education; and
WHEREAS, countless children benefit from quality public charter schools and the replication of their efective education
models; and
WHEREAS, founded upon the principles of academic excellence and increasing opportunities for the future success of our
youth, charter schools are receiving increasing recognition and support from communities across our State and country; as part of the
commitment to raise the quality of public education, charter schools encourage innovation and creativity that can help raise student
achievement; since the Nation's first charter school law was passed in 1991; and
WHEREAS, charter schools throughout North Carolina are providing their communities with quality choices in education;
we recognize the vital role charter schools play in developing a state where children have the knowledge and skills they need to grow,
succeed and achieve their dreams; and
WHEREAS, we commit to giving our children the best opportunity to learn and succeed in life and charter schools help
prepare the next generation of leaders and help ensure that America continues to lead in innovation;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, PAT McCRORY, Governor ofNorth Carolina, do hereby proclaim May 4-10, 2014, as
"CHARTER SCHOOL WEEK" in North Carolina, and commend its observance to all citizens.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and afixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the
Capitol in Raleigh this twelfth day of May in the year of ou􀁄􄐠 Lir<it􀁅􄕯o 􀁆􄙨housand and fourteen, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and thirty-eighth.
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